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Application nledlllarch 1'3, 192?. flerial No; 176,158. r

The invention relates to improvements in.

window fixtures designed for supporting shade rollers, curtain rods and drapery rods, and one object is to provide a. fixture which will be exceptionally simple and inexpensive, yetwill be efiicient and very desirable.

.[ftnother object of the invention is to provide slp port's for the drapery rod of novel and advantageous construction, which construction may well be formed by .merely upon transverse lines. i i y y Another aim is to make novel provision for holding the shade rollerin place. and preventing its flat stub from accidentally disengaging from the co-acting supporting bracket, in case the shade should slip from the handof a person adjusting it and rapidly wind. to the maximum, the construction howi ever being such that said stub may be read ly inserted into or disengagedfrom a slot of the bracket, whenthe shade roller is beingposrtionedfor use or removeCh-as occasion may demand. v

A still further aim is to provide a drapery supporting rod with novel clamping means at its ends 'for holding the edges of the drapery.

"With the foregoing in view, the invention.- residcs in theunovel sub ect lllltlifil llBI.8]*l1-' after described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the: accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the invention applied to a window frame, of'double form.

Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and r are longitudinal sectional views on the correspondingly numbered lines of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section on line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a disassembled perspective view of one of the drapery rod supporting brackets, these brackets being also instrumental n supporting the shade roller and the curtain rod.

Fig. 7 is a View similar to a portion of Fig. lbut illustrating the manner in which the shade roller may be engaged with or disengaged from its supporting brackets.

in the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 8 denotes a plurality of brackets for supporting two shade rollers 9, two curtain rods 10, and an extensible and retractible drapery rod 11. When the fixture is to be used on a double Window, such as that shown,

three of the brackets 8 will be necessary'to support the two shade rollers 9 and the two eXlZGDSllllQ- and ret-ractible curtain rods 10,

but the drapery rod 11 is extensible to such a length that only one of these rods is necessary. When the fixture is who used on a single window, only two of the brackets 8 will be needed and said brackets will then i engage opposite ends of the shade roller and the curtain rod, and the drapery rod llwill be retracted to the desired length, or a shorter rod used.

plate 13 is formed with an opening 15 to receive an attaching serewor other fastener 16, 1'

and the arms 12 are each formed With an opening 17 and a vcrtlcally elongated slot 18,. The openings 17 are to receive the curtam rod 10 whose ends may be provided with knobs 19 to prevent accidental'withdrawal.

The slots 18 are intendedto receive either the cylindrical journal 20 at one endof the roller 9, or the. usual fiat stub 21 at the opposite end thereof, and when applying or removing the shade roller 9, one of the brackets 8 may be turned about the screw 16 as a pivot, from its normal position, to an inclined position, so that the stub 21 may readily pass into or out of the slot 18, the journal 20 being then engaged with the corresponding slot of ans other of the brackets S, as will be clear from Fig. 7. i

The inwardly turned ends 1% of the arms 12, are removably received in the opposite ends of a flat metal sleeve 22, which sleeve rigidly carries a supporting hook 23 for the drapery rod 11. By preference, the sleeve 22 and its hook 23 are formed by bending a single metal strip upon transverse lines, as will be clear from Figs. 5 and 6.

When driving the fastener 16, in order that it may be made more accessible, the arms 12 may be sprung apart, permitting the sleeve 22 to be disengaged from the arm ends 1 1, and after driving of said fastener, said arm ends may be re-engaged with the sleeve, so that the bracket effectively supwardly-and forwardly folded upon them selves to provide forwardly directed'spring fingers 25; The edge portions 7 of the drapery turn rearwardly, of course, toward the window frame and said edges willbe tenaciously held between the fingers 25 and the. outlying portions of the rearwardly bent ends'QLf.

It will be seen from the foregoing, that a very novel construction and relation of parts has been vprovided for carrying out the objectsof the invention, and while the details herein disclosed are preferable, it will be understood that slight variations may be made within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

LA rod support comprising attaching means, two spaced arms projecting in the Same direction therefrom vand having their free ends turned inwardly toward each other, a sleeve receiving said inturned arm ends, and a rod-supporting hook carried by said sleeve.

2.IA rod support comprlsmg a strap oi metal bent on transverse lines to provide two spaced arms extending in the same directlon and an attaching plate connecting said'arms at one end, said plate having a fastener-receiving opening, the free ends of said arms being bent inwardly toward each other, a sleeve receiving said inwardly bent arm ends, and a rod-supporting hook carried by said sleeve.

3. A rod support comprising attaching means, two spaced arms projecting in the same direction therefrom and having their free ends turned inwardly toward each other, and a metal strip bent upon transverse lines to provide a fiat sleeve and a rod-supporting hook atthe exterior thereof, said sleeve receiving said inturned arm ends.

4. A rod support comprising a strip of metal bent on transverse lines to provide two spaced arms extending in the same direction and an attaching plate connecting said arms at one end, said plate having fastener-receiving opening, the free ends of said arms being bent inwardly toward each other, and a second metal strip bent upon transverse lines to provide a fiat sleeve and a rod-supporting hook at the exterior thereof, said sleeve receiving said inturned arm ends.

5. A shade roller supporting means comprising two brackets one of which is formed with an opening to receive the cylindrical journal at one end of the roller, the other bracket having a vertical slot closed at both ends for reception of the flat stub at the other end of the roller, and mounting means for said other bracket permitting turning thereof from a normal position in a vertical plane, to an inclined position when said flat stub is being inserted into or removed from said slot.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

GILBERT E. ALPHIN. 

